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• 2024 Baltimore Beatdown awards: Rookie of the Year

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Vote for the Baltimore Ravens’ Rookie of the Year for the 2024 season. The 2024-2025 NFL season is complete, but before the chapter is closed, we want a final look at the joys that came from the Baltimore Ravens’ season. So, let’s celebrate the successes by handing out our second-annual Baltimore Beatdown Awards. Today, we continue with Rookie of the Year...2025
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• Rams hold upper hand as Sean McVay coaching tree expands

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images As NFL continues to look for “the next Sean McVay, Rams have the original and best version Oscar Wilde once said “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness” and that quote rings especially true of Los Angeles Rams leading man Sean McVay. Franchises across the NFL are once again looking for “the next Sean McVay” while th...2025
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• Ravens 2024 Rookie Report: Nate Wiggins and Roger Rosengarten emerged as key starters

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images The first-round cornerback and second-round offensive tackle established themselves at their respective positions. The Baltimore Ravens won 10-plus games for the third year in a row and claimed back-to-back AFC North titles for the first time since 2019 this past season. They did so with meaningful contributions from several members of their 2024 rookie c...2025
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• The 3 Popular Players Most Likely to Leave in Vikings Free Agency

The Minnesota Vikings’ 2024 offseason began three weeks ago after a Wildcard Round postseason loss to the Los Angeles Rams. […]...2025
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• These 7 Rams were better than anyone could have expected in 2024

Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Alaric Jackson had his best season yet in a contract year Whether or not you expected the Los Angeles Rams to make the playoffs in 2024 is one thing. The fact that they made an improbable comeback after starting 1-4 is another. A turnaround on that scale doesn’t happen without a handful of individual players excelling beyond reasonable expe...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: How the Chiefs dominated the AFC in the playoffs

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Thursday, January 30. The latest How the Kansas City Chiefs Dominated the AFC in the 2025 NFL Playoffs | SI.com Ever since Mahomes took over the starting job in Kansas City back in 2018, the Chiefs have made it clear that they are the team to beat. Going to their third consecutive Super Bowl, the Chiefs have somehow perfected a winni...2025
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• Rams hold upper hand as Sean McVay coaching tree expands
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• Ravens 2024 Rookie Report: Nate Wiggins and Roger Rosengarten emerged as key starters
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• These 7 Rams were better than anyone could have expected in 2024
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• Arrowheadlines: How the Chiefs dominated the AFC in the playoffs
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• Familiar fatal flaws and 4 more takeaways from Divisional Round loss to Bills

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images Some questions were answered while others came into focus in the second round of the playoffs. The Baltimore Ravens ended the 2024 postseason with a heartbreaking 27-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills in the Divisional Round. With the defeat, they not only failed to advance to the AFC championship game for the second year in a row but they came up short in gut...2025
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• Todd Bowles gets a win on Divisional weekend

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images Todd Bowles got a small victory in round two of the postseason. In the Wildcard round of the playoffs, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered an upset defeat at the hands of Jayden Daniels. The loss ended a 10-win season (Bowles' best as a head coach) and opened the door for criticism and questions to be hurled at Tampa’s head man. The immediate reaction, fro...2025
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• Winners & Losers: Rams can’t overcome ice cold second half

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Kyren Williams and Beaux Limmer in the doghouse as 2025 offseason beings This divisional round matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Philadelphia Eagles had the makings of a modern classic. Two perennial playoff contenders battling the snowy winter elements in a game that went down to the final moments. Unfortunately for the Rams, the outcome will go do...2025
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• Ravens - Bills: Living in heavy personnel on offense among 5 keys to victory

Photo by Charles Brock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Mapping a out a blueprint to success in this AFC playoff showdown. The Baltimore Ravens will hit the road for the first time this postseason when they travel to upstate New York and take on the Buffalo Bills. They are narrowly favored against an opponent who is just as hot as they are. A win would not only punch the Ravens’ ticket to ...2025
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• Ravens - Bills: Battle in trenches among critical matchups in Divisional Round

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images This AFC clash features key battles between specific players, units, and coaches. The Baltimore Ravens will continue their quest to reach the Super Bowl on Sunday, facing the Buffalo Bills for the second time this year. The clash between the AFC powerhouses is the most anticipated bout of the Divisional Round as it will pit the top two candidates for league MV...2025
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• DBN’s Exclusive Interview: Browns long snapper Charley Hughlett talks about bouncing around the league, contract negotiations and more

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 26 questions with a long-tenured player with steady play The Cleveland Browns have several players that they don’t have to worry about. Both offensive guards Joel Bitonio and Wyatt Teller, along with defensive end Myles Garrett are great examples. Nick Chubb when he is healthy. And long snapper Charley Hughlett. RELATED: WHERE TOP-P...2024
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"Broncos will have the 20th overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft"

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• 2024 Baltimore Beatdown awards: Rookie of the Year
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• Ravens 2024 Rookie Report: Nate Wiggins and Roger Rosengarten emerged as key starters
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• These 7 Rams were better than anyone could have expected in 2024
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• Arrowheadlines: How the Chiefs dominated the AFC in the playoffs
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• How will playoff loss inform Rams offseason?

Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images How will loss to Eagles shape Rams upcoming offseason? How your season ends often informs the focus of the upcoming offseason in the NFL. After the Los Angeles Rams found themselves on the wrong end of a game management mismatch in the wildcard round last year versus the Detroit Lions—leading to their early playoff exit—Sean McVay hired a ...2025
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• Winners & Losers: Rams can’t overcome ice cold second half
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• Rams defense repels Minnesota in 27-9 playoff win

Neville Gallimore had his best game of the season | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images Smothering pass rush leads a dominating performance In the face of a trying week, the Los Angeles Rams jumped out to a quick lead, and then let the defense take over in 27-9 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the WildCard round of the NFL playoffs. The game was not even as close as the score indicates, L.A. ran...2025
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• 2024 NFL Power Rankings Divisional Round: Ravens crack top 3 after thrashing Steelers

Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images The latest power rankings following their Wildcard Round steamrolling of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Several national pundits elevated the Baltimore Ravens in recent power rankings after their overwhelming 28-14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Wildcard Round of the AFC playoffs. The Ravens remain a consensus top-five team while rising as high as two...2025
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• Sean Payton says the Broncos need to have a strong offseason

Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images Sean Payton told reporters after Sunday’s loss to the Bills that the Broncos need to have a strong offseason. Despite their disappointing blowout loss to the Bills this past Sunday, they had a successful season where they greatly exceeded expectations. They were viewed as one of the worst teams in the league heading into the season, experts and analysts criticized t...2025
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• Tuesday Trenches: The NFL needs the Bengals in the playoffs

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images These AFC games..... woof. We’re through the wildcard round of the playoffs, and the AFC matchups had very little to offer. The Chargers went to Houston and were defeated by the Texans by a score of 32-12, and it was really never close. Justin Herbert picked a bad time to have a four-interception game. Then there was the AFC Nort...2025
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• Arrowheadlines: How the Chiefs dominated the AFC in the playoffs
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• Familiar fatal flaws and 4 more takeaways from Divisional Round loss to Bills
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• Todd Bowles gets a win on Divisional weekend
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• Winners & Losers: Rams can’t overcome ice cold second half
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• Houston Texans NFL Power Rankings: Divisional Round

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Where do they Texans land after their win over the Chargers in the wildcard round? We’ve got another week of the Power Rankings! I have to admit, I wrote last week’s power rankings article thinking it was going to be my last of the season. Being underdogs at home and welcoming in a (seemingly) red-hot Los Angeles Chargers team did dull my optimism in the da...2025
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• Rams defense repels Minnesota in 27-9 playoff win
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• Ravens defense could turn perceived liability into potential advantage

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The coaching staff might make opposing teams pay for attacking Brandon Stephens in coverage. The most divisive and much-maligned player on the Baltimore Ravens roster among the fan base and both local and national media pundits by far and away this season has been fourth-year defensive back Brandon Stephens. After breaking out last year in his first full...2025
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• 2024 NFL Power Rankings Divisional Round: Ravens crack top 3 after thrashing Steelers
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• Tuesday Trenches: The NFL needs the Bengals in the playoffs
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• Baltimore Ravens vs. Buffalo Bills NFL Divisional Round kickoff time announced

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images The Ravens and Bills kickoff time for the NFL playoffs has been released. It’s a good thing that the Baltimore Ravens are built to brave and thrive in the elements, especially the cold because they will likely be playing in frigid temperatures in Orchard Park, New York, next Sunday night when they travel to play the Buffalo Bills in a primetime divisiona...2025
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• How will playoff loss inform Rams offseason?
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• Familiar fatal flaws and 4 more takeaways from Divisional Round loss to Bills
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• Winners & Losers: Rams can’t overcome ice cold second half
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• Ravens - Bills: Living in heavy personnel on offense among 5 keys to victory
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• Houston Texans NFL Power Rankings: Divisional Round
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• Rams defense repels Minnesota in 27-9 playoff win
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• Ranking the top 5 Denver Broncos offseason needs

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images With the 2024 Denver Broncos season in the books, let’s take a look at the needs they need to address this off-season. With the 2024 Denver Broncos season in the books after their wildcard round loss to the Buffalo Bills, it is already time to start looking forward to next season. The Broncos overachieved this past year, found their quarterback, an...2025
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• Denver Broncos 2025 key pending free agents

Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images With the Broncos season now over, let’s take a look at the Broncos pending free agents. After the Denver Broncos fell to the Buffalo Bills in the wildcard round of the playoffs, let us waste no time looking forward to free agency. The Broncos have several players on the verge of free agency including a few notable and key starters on defense. These poten...2025
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• Winners and Losers from the Denver Broncos 31-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images I give you the winners and losers from the Broncos 31-7 defeat to the Buffalo Bills. Well, that sucked, but should come as a huge surprise. The Broncos exceeded expectations all season and had a tough road game against a Super Bowl favorite in the Bills and it went as expected. The Broncos are a few good offseasons away from being a legit contender but fought har...2025
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• Jaguars' Cam Robinson avoids season-ending injury

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Good news for the Jaguars, as LT Cam Robinson will reportedly be available to return from Sunday's knee injury in three to six weeks. The Jacksonville Jaguars will reportedly be without their starting left tackle Cam Robinson for three to six weeks after Robinson left Sunday's Houston Texans road victory with a left knee injury. #Jaguars OT Cam Robinson...2023
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• Winners & Losers: Jared Goff outclassed Matthew Stafford in Detroit

Photo by Rey Del Rio/Getty Images LA’s red zone shortcomings determined outcome in Wildcard round The Los Angeles Rams were one of the hottest football teams in the National Football League coming into the NFC wildcard round. LA started the year 3-6 but turned a corner once Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, and Cooper Kupp all rounded into full health. The Rams were playing with house mon...2024
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• Rams boost four rookies on NFL.com All-Rookie Team

Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images LA’s stellar 2023 draft class continues to receive the recognition it deserves Heading into the season, the Los Angeles Rams were viewed as a rebuilding team with a long ways to go. Enter a remarkably strong draft class and LA was able to finish a surprising 10-7 with a trip to the Wild Card Round. GM Les Snead’s stellar draft haul received further recogniti...2024
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• PFF grades: LA should be confident if Russ Yeast must start in wildcard

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Jordan Fuller left Week 18 with an ankle injury, thrusting Russ Yeast into action Week 18 went just about as well as the Los Angeles Rams could have hoped for entering their regular season finale against the San Francisco 49ers. Sean McVay rested LA’s key starters—including Aaron Donald, Matthew Stafford, Kyren Williams, Cooper Kupp, and Ernest Jones—and sti...2024
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• Jordan Love throws for 272 yards and three TDs in Packers' 48-32 win over Cowboys | NFL Highlights

Jordan Love threw for 272 yards and three TDs in the Green Bay Packers' 48-32 win over the Dallas Cowboys in the wildcard round of the playoffs....2024
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• Dolphins have third-longest active streak of winning seasons in NFL
Photo by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Miami Dolphins, after a generation of mediocrity, appear to be coming out of their malaise. The Miami Dolphins, once the winningest team in NFL history, have fallen off since the end of the Dan Marino era at the turn of the century. For an entire generation, the Dolphins have been an afterthought with occasional seasons of surpr...2023
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• BREAKING: Buccaneers to sign QB Baker Mayfield
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Bucs woke up feeling dangerous and now have found their new signal caller The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have themselves a QB. It was reported by Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network that Baker Mayfield is signing a year deal with the Buccaneers with a value of up to $8.5 million dollars. Mayfield was always high on the Bucs list of available options at the q...2023
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• DBN’s Exclusive Interview: Browns long snapper Charley Hughlett talks about bouncing around the league, contract negotiations and more
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• 5 Things We Learned From NFL Wildcard Round – RotoViz Overtime
RotoViz - Shawn Siegele and Colm Kelly recap the action from Week 16 with all the news and notes you need to prepare for the fantasy football playoffs. The post 5 Things We Learned From NFL Wildcard Round – RotoViz Overtime appeared first on RotoViz....2025
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• CeeDee Lamb Week 18 dominance should put his name in season award conversations

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports CeeDee Lamb forever. The Dallas Cowboys beat the Washington Commanders on Sunday 38-10. The win gives the Cowboys the NFC East title, as well as securing them the number two seed in the playoffs. The importance of the win can’t be overstated, as it gives the Cowboys at least two home playoff games if they advance that far. The offense was led by QB Dak Prescot...2024
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• The Linc - Bench James Bradberry?

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 12/20/23. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... In Roob’s Bonus Eagles Observations: Is it time to bench James Bradberry? - NBCSP1. Is it time to bench James Bradberry? You can sure make a case for it. Bradberry isn’t remotely the same player he was last year, and his struggles on that last drive Monday ni...2023
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• 2023 NFL Week 13 Power Rankings: Dallas Cowboys continue to rank among the best

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Our latest NFL power rankings, including where outlets across the internet have the Dallas Cowboys. There is just one NFL game left in the month of November and it just so happens that our favorite team is set to play in it. We have indeed reached December football (effectively speaking) which means the stakes are higher than ever before. With critical attenti...2023
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• 12 Thoughts as the Seahawks kick off the 2023 season

A collection of FTR thoughts that weren’t turned into their own articles ... It’s Seahawks game day so I’ll keep this brief - well, “brief” in an FTR sense, anyway. Thought No. 1 It’s been a while since the Seahawks have whooped the Rams. They swept the series last year, but both games were very close, with one of them requiring overtime for Seattle to seal the win. The Seahawks won by double di...2023
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• Evaluating the pros and cons of signing RB J.K. Dobbins to a contract extension
Ravens RB J.K. Dobbins is entering the final year of his rookie contract and is seeking a new deal. | Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images There are solid reasons for and against giving the fourth-year pro a new deal sooner rather than later. The Baltimore Ravens have numerous players that will be either playing on the final year of their current contracts during the 2023 season. Fourth-ye...2023
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• Rams hold upper hand as Sean McVay coaching tree expands
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• Ravens 2024 Rookie Report: Nate Wiggins and Roger Rosengarten emerged as key starters
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• These 7 Rams were better than anyone could have expected in 2024
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• How will playoff loss inform Rams offseason?
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• Familiar fatal flaws and 4 more takeaways from Divisional Round loss to Bills
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• Todd Bowles gets a win on Divisional weekend
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• Winners & Losers: Rams can’t overcome ice cold second half
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• Ravens - Bills: Living in heavy personnel on offense among 5 keys to victory
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• NFL Black Monday 2025: Tracking the head coaching, GM changes as 2024 season ends

Photo by Billie Weiss/Getty Images The NFL season ended yesterday, which means today will be the biggest day of change around coaching staffs and front offices. We track all the firings and rumors as the day progresses. The NFL regular season ended just before midnight last night, which means owners have had a few hours to ruminate on what they want to do with their teams. As playoff teams...2025
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• AFC North Preview Week 18: Ravens host banged-up Browns; Steelers take on surging Bengals

Photo by Todd Olszewski/Getty Images Taking a look ahead for the AFC North division in Week 18. Baltimore Ravens (11-5) Unlike most division leaders who already have their titles and playoff seeding secured, the reigning AFC North champions are heading into their regular-season finale at home with plenty to play for. The Ravens will kick off Week 18 against the lowly Browns and with a win,...2025
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• 2023 NFL Power Rankings Wildcard Round: Ravens stay on top despite meaningless season finale loss

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images The latest power rankings following their Week 18 defeat in a game in which they rested several starters. The vast majority of national pundits still view the Baltimore Ravens as the undisputed best team in the league even after they after they had their six-game winning streak snapped in a Week 18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers that saw several starter...2024
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• Are the Ravens the ‘sleeping giant’ in AFC for the 2023 season?
Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Despite having a former unanimous league MVP under center, the team has been flying under the radar compared to some of the other top contenders in the conference. Professional sports teams with a former league MVP still in their prime are rarely overlooked, especially in the NFL. However, with an AFC loaded with playoff and championship contenders, and all...2023
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• The Curse of 1998: Part 3
Fred Smoot celebrates a Victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006. | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images The Love Boat, Whizzinator, Super Bowl Tickets, and the continued descent into hell In Part 2, we explored how the Minnesota Vikings truly began their descent into the NFL’s version of Dante’s Inferno, crossing into Limbo with 2003’s tragic season-ending loss to the Arizona Ca...2023
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